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Iowa County Historical Society and Pioneer Heritage Museum

Visitors to the Society's Museum can see an 1861 log house, 1856 cabin, and 1930s filling station. Also on the half-block museum site is the 1861 Chicago Rock Island Depot which originally was in Victor, IA, and a 1900 period farmhouse. Each structure has period furnishings and other historical items. The filling station display includes an antique race car and 1938 fire truck. The new addition houses clothing and military displays, original furnishing from the Gritter School, and items that would be found in a country store. The museum's collection of uniforms and military gear spans from the Spanish American War through the Civil War, World War I, World War II (including both men's and women's uniforms), Vietnam, and Desert Storm.